Finally, after 2 days I have sound!! The Question, the most important question our generation has to face, the answer to this question will impact the very foundations of future generations. Ok, so that may be a bit dramatic, but to a certain extent it’s true. The Question, Microsoft or Linux? In a society that’s relying on technology and computer systems more and more, the question of whether systems should be based on a Penguin called Tux or some colorful squares is quite important.

But I don’t want to talk about big systems, the reason I am bringing this topic up is that recently I decided my laptop needs a makeover and that Windows ME just doesn’t cut it (which is true whatever side of the argument you are on, it’s just a shitty OS). I have a Toshiba 3000-100 which is a pretty fantastic laptop that shipped with Windows ME.

So I decided to install Gentoo, which is a distribution or version of Linux, I had previously installed Gentoo on my old Celeron 450 to be used as a router and have a small number of server functions. This wasn’t too difficult and took a couple of days to get up and fully running. It may seem like a long time, however I was compiling all sources and I could only really work on setting it up after work, so I think it was a reasonable amount of time. Installing Gentoo on my laptop was a totally different matter because on my server I didn’t have to worry about small details like graphics, sound.

Getting everything running on my laptop has caused me many, many headaches. One of the advantages of Linux is that pretty much everything can be tweaked, changed, optimized, molded. I’m far from being an expert on Linux however, it occurs to me that if I have trouble with my basic knowledge, I can’t imagine how difficult it would be for someone who has no knowledge in computers. It took me 2 days of googleing and trial and error to get my laptop to play a nice tune when I start it up! I still have trouble when it comes to shutting down the computer, the screen goes black and just hangs there, no errors, nothing, just a black screen. It’s really frustrating. After 2 weeks of installing Gentoo on my laptop it’s almost at a basic stage where I have nice graphics, nice sound and some other basic features. There must be an easier way?

There is, it’s called Microsoft. I’m not talking about Windows ME, I’m talking about specifically Windows XP. Windows XP has it’s problems, most of them caused by Linux nerds who write viruses that attack windows systems to show how insecure it is. The good thing about XP is that it just works, I installed it on my laptop and it just works, in a couple of hours I was up and running, graphics, sound, internet games, everything just worked, ok so it’s 5% slower than Linux and costs a stupid amount of money but it’s convenient. Which is why people prefer it.

I like to think myself neutral in this question Windows or Linux, I think that both systems have their place. Even Macs have their place, every door needs a stopper and ever paper needs a weight. For now after all my effort, I’ll stick to Gentoo and we’ll see what it has to offer. Sorry for boring everyone

Toshiba 3000-100 Laptop Keyboard

A while ago I posted pictures of the cow parade in Prague and I was saying how Wroclaw has it’s own version. Well… this is it, personally I think this is much better than those cows. For starters the animals are symbolic, ok maybe it’s not a pleasant history for the aminals, but it’s still more than the cows have. The little street where these animas are is now the artisic district full of art galleries and artists. They are symbolic of the fact that this is where the butchers were in the olden days. I really think the animals would have prefered the olden days.

Two metal pigs, a goose which has just dumped an egg, a goat which has just dumped something else and a bunny.

ok, ok… I know it’s been ages since my last post and there has been HEAPS happening lately, not all good, just stuff maybe I’ll get around to listing some. This Unkymoods thing I have on my page is a good idea, however the problem with it is that it’s never going to be very accurate considering I change it once a day at best. I’ll try and update it more often. Now for a joke………

A businessman got on an elevator in a building. When he entered the elevator, there was a blonde already inside and she greeted him by reciting the letters, “T-G-I-F.”

He smiled at her and replied, “S-H-I-T.” She looked at him, puzzled, and said “T-G-I-F” again.

He acknowledged her remark again by answering, “S-H-I-T.”

The blonde was trying to be friendly, so she smiled her biggest smile and said, as sweetly as possible, “T-G-I-F” another time.

The man smiled back to her and once again replied with a quizzical expression, “S-H-I-T.”

The blonde finally decided to explain things, and this time she said, “T-G-I-F, Thank Goodness It’s Friday, get it?”

The man answered, “S-H-I-T: Sorry Honey, It’s Thursday.“

hehe… it’s funny coz it’s true.